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[ ] 2008 | | | |
| | Our Ref 038753.0002/LPM |
| | Doc ID 26447_1 |
SOGUA (BVI) LIMITED
Trident Chambers
Wickhams Cay 1
P.O. Box 146
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
Dear Sirs
SOGUA (BVI) LIMITED, Company No. 1437636 (the “Company”)
1. | We are lawyers qualified to practise in the British Virgin Islands and have been asked to provide this legal opinion in connection with: |
| (a) | the resale of ordinary shares by the Company. The Company is re-selling [798,000] ordinary shares of no par value (the “Shares”) as described in the prospectus contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments and supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); and |
| (b) | the exchange by the shareholders of Sogua Entertainment Limited of their shares for 4,000,000 Shares in the Company (the “Share Exchange”). |
2. | For the purpose of this opinion, we have examined the following documents and records: |
| (a) | the Registration Statement; |
| (b) | the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) contained in the Registration Statement; |
| (c) | an electronic copy of the written resolutions of the directors of the Company dated [6 December] 2007 approving the Company’s allotment and issue of Shares under the Share Exchange (the “Board Resolutions”); |
| (d) | information revealed by our searches of: |
| (i) | the records and information certified in the form of a certificate of incumbency and the register of members (the “Members Register”) by Trident Trust Company (B.V.I.) Limited, the registered agent of the Company, on 1 August 2008 of the statutory documents and records maintained by the Company at its registered office; |
| (ii) | the public records of the Company on file and available for inspection at the Registry of Corporate Affairs, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands on [ ] 2008; and |
| (iii) | the civil proceedings cause book maintained by the Registry of the High Court of Justice, British Virgin Islands available for public inspection on [ ] 2008, |
(the “Searches”).
3. | For the purposes of this opinion we have assumed without further enquiry: |
| (a) | the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of such originals; |
| (b) | the genuineness of all signatures and seals; |
| (c) | the accuracy and completeness of all corporate minutes, resolutions, certificates and records (including the Members Register) which we have seen; |
| (d) | the accuracy of any and all representations of fact expressed in or implied by the documents we have examined; and |
| (e) | the validity and binding effect under the laws of the United States of America of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that the Registration Statement will be duly filed with or declared effective by the Commission; |
| (f) | that no matters arising under any foreign law will affect the views expressed in this opinion; |
| (g) | that no director of the Company has a financial interest in or other relationship to a party to the transaction contemplated by the Documents except as expressly disclosed in the Board Resolutions; and |
| (h) | that the Board Resolutions remain in full force and effect. |
4. | Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications expressed below, our opinion is as follows: |
| (a) | Existence and Good Standing. The Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability for an unlimited duration under the BVI Business Companies Act (No 16 of 2004), and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. It is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit in its own name. |
| (b) | Shares. The issue of the Shares has been duly authorised, and when the Shares have been [resold by the Selling Shareholders] in the manner described in and pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus and Registration Statement, they will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
| (c) | Statements. The statements under the heading “[Description of Securities]” and “[British Virgin Islands Taxation]” in the Prospectus contained the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of British Virgin Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and such statements constitute our opinion. |
| (d) | Share Exchange. The issue of the Shares in the Company pursuant to the Share Exchange does not and will not conflict with: |
| (i) | any law of the British Virgin Islands; or |
| (ii) | the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. |
5. | This opinion is confined to the matters expressly opined on herein and given on the basis of the laws of the British Virgin Islands as they are in force and applied by the British Virgin Islands courts at the date of this opinion. We have made no investigation of, and express no opinion on, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to matters of fact. |
6. | This opinion is rendered for the benefit of the addressee and the benefit of its legal counsel (in that capacity only) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the first paragraph only. |
7. | We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the headings “Item 8 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule; Exhibit No. [5.1] and Exhibit [23.2]” in the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that we are a person whose consent is required to be filed with the Registration Statement under the provisions of the Securities Act. We further consent to statements made in the Prospectus regarding our firm and use of our name under the heading [“Legal Matters”] in the Prospectus constituting a part of such Registration Statement. |
Yours faithfully
HARNEY WESTWOOD & RIEGELS